NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

March 22, 2003
Media Contact: Sarah Nesbit
972-744-4650 or 214-793-9596
sarah.nesbit@cor.gov

ATTENTION CLASS: LATE NITE CATECHISM,
THE RAUCOUS, ROLLICKING INTERNATIONAL
HIT COMEDY IS COMING TO THE EISEMANN CENTER

RICHARDSON, TX - Catechism classes are never as much fun - or as hilarious - as when they are led by Sister in the international hit comedy Late Nite Catechism by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan.  Late Nite Catechism will be presented at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas. Performances are Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13 at 8pm, Saturday, June 14 at 2pm and 8pm and Sunday, June 15 at 2pm in the Eisemann Center Theatre. Tickets are $23/$26 and are available by calling the Eisemann Center Ticket Office at 972-744-4650.  Discounts for groups of 10 or more are available. 

Late Nite Catechism is an uproarious piece of theater that takes audience members back - sometimes nostalgically, sometimes fearfully - to the children they once were.  The irrepressible Sister teaches an adult catechism class to a roomful of “students” (the audience).  Over the course of the play, Sister goes from benevolent instructor, rewarding the “students” for correct answers with glow-in-the-dark rosaries and laminated saint cards, to authoritative drill sergeant.  These abrupt mood swings are bound to strike a resonant chord with everyone who survived the ups and downs of going to school, with an omniscient authoritarian at the helm. 

The Catholic Register (Toronto) said, “The show appeals to Catholics and non-Catholics alike since ‘Sister’ clearly explains religious references in lighthearted ways while maintaining a serious tone that isn’t too preachy and far from being saccharine.”  The New York Times declared “Late Nite Catechism speaks to an audience much broader than the membership of any one church.”

Late Nite Catechism, which was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award in New York and recently won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Performance for Maripat Donovan, is currently playing in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, St. Louis, Vancouver, Scottsdale, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Chicago, where it has been playing to full “classes” since it opened in 1993.  Productions in Boston, Sydney and Melbourne recently ended after playing two years in each city.

The Eisemann Center Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10am-6pm and Saturdays from 12pm-5pm or patrons may call 972-744-4650. The Eisemann Center is located at 2351 Performance Drive in the Galatyn Park Urban Center, Richardson, Texas 75082.  For more information visit the website at www.eisemanncenter.com.

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